Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course